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I have always been interested in the craft of things. Whatever the job, I find it interesting to discover the tools that people use. Below is a list of tools that I have used to build this site and others.

Update

This site is constantly under (de/re/mis)construction and recently I have decided to overhaul the whole mess.  The list below is heavily suspect.

This site

This site is powered by WordPress, a powerful content management tool for blogging. I use the following plug-ins:

Tools

Since the fall of 2006, when I rediscovered my love for all things Apple, I have been editing this (and many other sites) on my iMac using Textmate with a huge number of custom triggers.  I use CyberDuck for my FTP app (only because I am too cheap to get Transmit).

Historical Tool Use

Since 1997, I have been using HomeSite as my development tool of choice. It’s a great tool that doesn’t get in the way of you creating your own code. Since Macromedia acquired Allaire a few years ago, they have showed little interest in upgrading the application. Most developers have seen the writing on the wall and have been moving on for years now.

Lately, I have been using jEdit, an excellent coding tool that is highly customizable and extendable. Among the many great features and plug-ins that are available, I like Super Abbreviations, which allows you to produce complete blocks of code with just a few keystrokes.

For the most part, I use the FTP features built into jEdit, but I also use SmartFTP for transferring other document types (images, video, etc).

Typography

If you look in the bottom right corner, you can see a small icon indicating the fonts on this system are being delivered via Typekit. This uses the W3C standard for &at;font-face, allowing me to specify more than just basic fonts like Arial, Times or Verdana.

On this site, I use Calluna by Exljbris Font Foundry for headings and titling, as well as Ratio by psType for body text.